HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - March 30, 2005 SMLODI CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
LODI PUBLIC LIBRARY, 201 W. LOCUST STREET
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2005
A. CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
The Special City Council meeting of March 30, 2005, was called to order by Mayor Beckman at
6:30 p.m.
Present: Council Members — Hansen, Hitchcock, Johnson, Mounce, and Mayor Beckman
Absent: Council Members — None
Also Present: City Manager King, City Attorney Schwabauer, and City Clerk Blackston
B. TOPIC(S)
B-1 "Community fiscal forum"
NOTE: From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., attendees participated in "Municipal Monopoly," a
game designed to teach the fundamentals of city budgets with a goal of decreasing
expenditures by $3 million.
With the aid of an overhead presentation (filed), City Manager King and Finance Director
Krueger provided the following information regarding the City of Lodi:
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General Fund revenues are comprised of 29% sales and use tax, 28% franchise fees,
12% property tax, 10% fees, 9% vehicle license fees, 7% licenses and permits, 4%
other, and 1 % transient occupancy tax;
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General Fund expenditures are comprised of 49% public safety, 18% Public Works,
12% Parks & Recreation and Community Center, 12% administrative support services,
4% Community Development, 3% management, and 1% economic development;
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Property tax retention — 16.67%;
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Property tax per capita — $114.33;
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Sales tax per capita — $140.42;
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Police department costs per capita — $182.89;
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Fire department costs per capita — $124;
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Parks maintenance costs per acre — $6,079;
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Fund balance expenditures as of June 30, 2004 — $40,171,604; and
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Fund balance / ending balance as of June 30, 2004 — $1,452,988.
NOTE: A brief question and answer period followed the presentation.
C. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30
p.m.
ATTEST:
Susan J. Blackston
City Clerk